Shoe-lace fastener.



PATENTED JULY 5, Y 1904.

W. H. JAXHEIMER. SHOE LACE PASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 27. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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l a I I 4 (a mum teners; and I do hereby declare the following to use the same.

boots; and it consists in the novel construc- These sockets are formed by making indentathey engage pivotally with the sockets d. One

upwardly-projecting spring-arm h at its top,

Patented July 5, 1904.

WVILLIAM HENNRY J AXHEIMER, OFCOLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHOE-LACE FASTENER- SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 764,057, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed October 27, 1903.

T0 (LZZ whmn it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, WI LLIAM HENNRY J AX- HEIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Fasbe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and This invention relates to fastening devices for the end portions of laces for shoes and tion and combination of the parts hereinafter. fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the fastener drawn to a larger scale than the device is made. Fig. 2 is a side View, and Fig. 3 is an end View of the same.

A is a base-plate provided with prongs?) or other equivalent fastening devices for securing it to the leather of the top portion of the shoe or boot. This base-plate has a corrugation c at one end portion and sockets d at its sides at about the middle of its length.

tions in the under side of the base-plate.

C is the fastening plate or lever, which has arms 6 at its middle part which are bent around the edges of the base-plate, so that end portion f of the fastening-plate is corrugated and both end portions have upwardlycurved ends 9. The base-plate A also has an and the said arm has an upwardly-curved end The shoe is laced in any approved manner; but instead of tying the lace j, which is shown in dotted lines, its end portion is passed be- Serial No. 178,735. (No model.)

tween the corrugated portions of the two plates and is then bent around and forced between the upper parts of thetwo plates, so that the fastening plate or lever is tilted on its pivot and the lace is clamped in the corrugations. The spring-arm 7a is used to support the free end portion of the lace when the lace is unusually long.

What I claim is 1. In a shoe-lace fastener, the combination, with a base-plate provided with sockets at its middle part which are indented in its under side, of a tilting fastening-plate provided with arms at its middle part which inclose the edges of the said base-plate and engage pivotally with its said sockets.

2. In a shoe-lace fastener, the combination, with a base-plate having one end portion corrugated, of a tilting fastening plate or lever also having one end portion corrugated and having its middle portion pivotally connected with the said base-plate so that one part of the lace is clamped between the said corrugations when another part of the lace is forced between the other end portions of the said plates.

3. In a shoe-lace fastener, the combination, with a base-plate provided with fastening devices and a spring-arm at its upper end, of a tilting fastening-plate provided with arms at its middle part which engage pivotally with the side portions of the said base-plate and which is curved upwardly at its ends to admit the lace.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENNRY JAXHEIMER.

Witnesses:

R. G. WRIGHT, E. G. OREBAUGH. 

